Lot of good points you make there
@happy about "forcibly" moving old people out of these high asset value homes.
Expanding the pension loans scheme is one way to address this - to be repaid upon sale of the home after death. Sure it doesn't make the kids happy, but the government shouldn't be in the business of facilitating large inheritances at the expense of the taxpayer. You can see this by looking at the existing Centrelink rules about gifting assets and the effects on pension entitlements.
Labor is planning on extending the superannuation guarantee to 12%, which the liberals stopped at 9.5%. This would help with retirement super balances in the longer term, along with the recent royal commission driving many to industry funds.
It would also means employers say "thank you very much, we'll reduce your future pay rises accordingly".
There's no correct answer here - there'll be tradeoffs whatever the % is.
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I took vote compass today. It recorded me pretty much in the exact centre, halfway between Liberal and Labor, ever so slightly to the economic left, and bang on the middle horizontal line between social conservative and social progressive. I found that grossly unhelpful!
Nonetheless, I will vote Labor.
I am ok with my current level of taxation, not pleased, but not angered. My investments are now positively geared, so I'll shrug my shoulders at the changes to negative gearing.
I want something done about encouraging renewable energy. Humans are smart, the grid can be fixed, battery tech will get better and cheaper, just like the cost of solar power is now cheaper than coal. The current mob are basically standing in the way of progress with their obsession over coal, and these new industries which do provide more jobs and business investment than coal plants have been left to wither away,
I am ok with the taxation changes for family trusts (this rort should have been stopped decades ago),
However I don't think franking changes are a good idea, rather, there should be a 15% tax on pension fund earnings.
Fully expect a few asylum boats to start coming through again, but I don't think that's reason enough to re-elect coalition governments in perpetuity.